Culture Cuisine

Goals for this unit

Increase global awareness and global

collaboration.

Explore how culture cuisine represents our

culture.

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3Exchange a PPT

about culture cuisine.

4Exchange an email build our friendship and learn

about culture.

Week 1Understanding how cuisine is part of our culture.

Week 1 Agenda

View our ePals’ sharing cultures PPT. Record questions and thoughts about the PPT to include in our email.

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Write a friendly email. to our ePals. Share our thoughts and questions about our ePals’ PPT and what’s new in our school lives.

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Learn about culture cuisine in our culture.

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Introduce the culture cuisine PPT assignment.

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Let’s appreciate our ePals’ PPT.

View the PPT.

Record comments

and questions to share in our

email.

Information and ideas relating this week’s topic to our culture.

Questions about this week’s topic as well as personal questions about our ePals class.

News about our class and our class members.

Photos of our class with description of the photos.

Write a friendly email to our ePals!

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Our ePals are looking forward to hearing from

us!

What makes cuisine a part of our culture?

Culture cuisine is a special form of expression.

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Culture cuisine is created by people in the US to reflect our culture.

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We associate culture cuisine with our lives, celebrations and history.

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American cuisine “New World” foods

Is your area famous for any food that is

native to the Americas?

All of these crops come from the Americas. They

are grown, eaten and used all over

the world.

Corn (Maize) Peppers

Potatoes

Beans

Squash

Corn, beans, and squash are called “Three Sisters.” American Indians grew these crops scientifically:

Corn provided a structure for the bean plants. Bean stalks provided the corn with nutrients.Squash vines covered the soil, kept it moist, protected the roots, and controlled weed growth.

The “Three Sisters”

The Pilgrims hosted the first Thanksgiving feast. In 1863, Thanksgiving was declared a national holiday by President Abraham Lincoln.

Thanksgiving and American foods

The star of Thanksgiving is the turkey, a large bird native to North America.

What foods are found on your Thanksgiving

table?

Different places, different tastes

In the northeast, some people eat oyster stuffing.

In the west, wheat and fruits are important crops. Sourdough bread mixed with apples, raisins, and cherries is popular.

In the south, where corn crops are abundant, some people prefer cornbread dressing.

Oyster stuffing Cornbread dressing Sourdough stuffing

What type of dressing or stuffing

is popular where you live?

Newer favorites, traditional foods

Casseroles, the French word for saucepan, is an American home-style food. Casseroles became popular during both World Wars when food items were scarce.

Summer squash casserole Green bean casserole Sweet potato casserole

Which New World foods are in these

Thanksgiving favorites?

In 1776, the 13 American Colonies announced their desire to break away from British rule. The Declaration of Independence was written and adopted by the Continental Congress and a new country was born.

Independence Day and Cookouts

What foods do you enjoy and

what is the origin?

Every July 4th, to celebrate that great day, Americans gather to watch fireworks and cook outside!

Potato salad is an All-American cookout food. German immigrants introduced a warm potato salad with bacon and vinegar that is still popular in America.

When mayonnaise and refrigeration became common, Americans ate the cold recipes seen at many cookouts.

Independence Day and CookoutsDifferent influences

on American cookout foods.

Cookout cuisine: Barbecue

Barbecue is a slow method of cooking meat using low heat and smoke. The American Indians are credited with teaching settlers to use this method to cook and preserve meat.

Barbecue comes from

the Taino Indian word barabicu.

People from the Carolinas tend to prefer pulled pork.

Texans tend to favor beef brisket.

Cookout cuisine: BarbecueThe World Series of Barbecue, held in Missouri, is an event that features keen competition between teams of cooks. Prizes are awarded for the best pork, beef and poultry and for the best barbecue sauces.

What barbecue flavor do

you prefer?

Cookout cuisine: Barbecue

Barbecue competitions impress crowds with secret sauce and spice recipes.

Vinegar-based sauces, the smoky flavor of mesquite, tomato-based sauces, dry rubs and mustard-based sauces are a few of the many barbecue flavors Americans love.

Introduce the assignment!Next week - create our PPT slides for our ePals.

Teacher assigns a topic and a leader to each group. A question will be assigned to each group member.

Group members finish 1-2 slides answering the assigned questions. Include text and photo/image.

Group leader collects the slides for the teacher.

Teacher reviews and compiles students’ work and sends to our ePals.

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Let’s explore a topic.

Each group will be

assigned one topic.Clam chowder

Cobb salad

Apple pie

Fried chickenCheeseburger

Let’s research our topics!Is there a special recipe for “................” in your region? Describe how this recipe is special.

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Is “................” popular with most people in your area? Why or why not?

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What is the history behind “................”? What information is most interesting to you?

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Share a story about “................” It can be a story from your research or your own experience.

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Does eating “...............” affect people’s health? Why or why not?

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You will be assigned a question.

Assignment for Week 2

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Assign groups and group leaders.

Assign group topic.

Assign question to each group member.

Think and research at home.

Week 2• Assign groups and group leader.• Assign group topic.• Assign question to individual group members.• Think and research at home.

Week 2 Agenda

Read the friendly email from our ePals class.

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Review our Culture Cuisine assignment.

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Create our PPT slides for our ePals.3

Present and share our ideas.4

Let’s read our ePals’ friendly email!

Read and respond.

Show and read the email from our ePals.

Assign a note taker to record comments and

questions.

Record answers to the

questions. Include answers in the friendly

email.

Let’s review our topic!

Clam chowder

Cobb salad

Apple pie

Fried chicken

Each group will be

assigned one topic!

Cheeseburger

Let’s review our questions!Is there a special recipe for “................” in your region? Describe how this recipe is special.

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Is “................” popular with most people in your area? Why or why not?

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What is the history behind “................”? What information is most interesting to you?

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Share a story about “................” It can be a story from your research or your own experience.

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Does eating “...............” affect people’s health? Why or why not?

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Do you remember your assigned question?

Let’s get started!

Research your question.

Create your PPT slide(s).

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3 Include text

and image on the slide(s).

4 You have

15-20 minutes.

Let’s present what we learned.Share what you learned about cultures!

Thank you

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